Leave your luck while still winning.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly.

Hope is that tiny flame in a candle that continues to glow even after the wax around it has melted.

The human being now simply can't close his elected garment about himself. Obligations to one's fellows perhaps prevent full buttoning by artists.

We need to see our collective mind as the vehicle that will take us to the destiny of our dreams

If giving up is to fail, then to hell with give up!

I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.

A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to receive.

We must do something to let people in this country know that addiction is something that can be treated and this epidemic of prescribed opioids is something that we can fix.

Some of us have the good fortune of some type of natural gift, whether it's playing tennis or painting or writing.

Any idea is only as valuable as its ability to solve a problem.